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gangster

[gang-ster] / ˈgæŋ stər /


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And the booth frequented by gangster Mickey Cohen will stay put.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

There’s a rich conversation about the efficacy of influential figures such as gangster Casper Holstein and writer Carl Van Vechten, who helped finance and support, respectively, members of the Harlem Renaissance and their work.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026

Baron Cohen, 54, is known for his self-created comic characters including infamous spoof wannabe gangster Ali G, Kazakh reporter Borat Sagdiyev, and Austrian fashionista Brüno Gehard.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

“The Navy wanted from the Italians all the pictures they could possibly get of every port of Sicily, of every channel,” Meyer Lansky, another notorious gangster, later testified.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

“He looks like a gangster to me,” Mrs. Levy said.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

The relationship between gangsters and Bollywood has changed in another way, too, in who gets to shape their image.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Yestin Duran, a 31-year-old beverage vendor, said she feared that "gangsters and robbers can cross over" more easily from Brazil.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

Its members have mocked hard-shell cholos and gangsters, often by placing them in funny scenarios.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

People are carefully trying to connect the dots, trying to point to places within Dylan’s work where he’s mentioned gangsters or specific moments in American history.

From Salon ● May 12, 2026

She was not one of the reformers who had campaigned for Prohibition, but she believed in the rule of law, and the rise of the gangsters appalled her.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield


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